Envelope or other box



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"ENVELOPE OR OTHER BOX.

.N0. 29o,223. I Patented Dec. 1-8 1888 WITNESSES i I BYA i w mflM M7ATTORNEY v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC FRANK FIELD, OF SPRINGFIELD,MASSACHUSETTS.

ENVELOPE OR- OTHER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,223, dated December18, 1888, Application filed November 8, 1883. (K0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK W. FIELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Envelope orother Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in envelope or other boxes usedfor holding and displaying their contents, the object'being to providein such boxes means for holding the contents of a partially-filled boxin the same position and order that they occupy when the box is full, tothe end that the removal of one or of several packages of envelopesfromabox, or other similar objects therefrom, shall not leave thoseremaining therein in such a disordered condition as to impair theirappearance.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 illustratesan envelope-box partially filled with envelopes, having applied theretomeans for supporting the latter in a regular and orderly position,constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2- illustrates thepackage-supporting devices removed from the box. .Fig. 3 illustrates amodified construction of the movable abutment-support.

In the drawings, A and D represent, respectively, an ordinaryenvelope-box and its cover, and 0 indicates packages of envelopes in theusual position in the box when the box is full.

My improvements consist in a movable abutment, d, fitted between thesides of the box A, and capable of being moved up against the remainingcontents of the box as fast as a part of them are removed,therebyholding said remaining contents in proper position. To this endthe said abutment is so formed and connected to the box that when thelatter is filled I the abutment can be moved close against one end ofthe box, and from that position be .moved against the packages as fastas any are removed. The packages 0 (shown in Fig. 1) are shown upon theopposite side of the abutment D to that on which they would be inpractice when the box is partly emptied, for the purpose of more clearlyshowing the form of the abutment and the means for attaching it to thebox. It is obvious that the abutment can only be moved closely againstthe righthand end of the box, andwhen the latter is filled its endbraces, e, extend between the ends of the packages and the sides of thebox.

The abutment d is'made with the angular end pieces 6 bent around fromthe ends of the abutment, so as to form braces for the latter when it ismoved against the packages 0. End pieces 0, extending from the lowerends of the end pieces e, are bent at right angles to the .latter towardthe center of the abutment. Suitable guideways for supporting theabutment [2, and which permit the latter to be moved to and fro betweenthe sides of the box, are secured to the ends of the latter. Theseguideways in Fig. 1 consist of two strips, am, having turned-up ends 00.These strips n, after they are placed between the bottom edge of theabutment d and the ends 0, as in Fig. 2, are secured in the box and neareach side of it by having the outer face of the turned-up ends 00connected or otherwise suitably secured to the ends of the box. Thus theway is clear from end to end between the strips n and the bottom of thebox, to permit'the abutment to be moved to any desirable position. Theabutment is substantially of the form of one of the box ends. If itshould appear desirable, the means for securing the abutment d withinthe box and providing guideways for it may be modified in construction,as shown in Fig. 3, wherein is shown in section a strip, f, of suchawidth as the distance may be between the faces of the braces e of theabutment, and having its ends secured to the box substantially in themanner described relative to the strips 11; or it may be cementedthrough its center to the box-bottom, leaving its edges unattached. Thischange would substitute one strip for the two narrow ones.

In practice, for envelope and similar boxes, the abutment d and thestrips n are made of the same material as the box-that is to say,properly stiff pasteboard; but any suitable material may be used forthose parts, according to the class of boxes to which they are to beapplied.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a paper or other box, a movableabutment substantially of the form of one end of the box, having anangular brace at each end IOC thereof, and means, substantially asdescribed, for attaching said abutment to the interior of the box,whereby the abutment is maintained in an upright position and is free tobemoved to different positions in the box, substantially as set forth.

2. A paper or other box having strips or a strip of material securedtherein, leaving free ways between their or its edges and the bottom ofthe box near the sides of the latter, and having a movable abutmentsubstantiallylike one end of the box, engaging by parts of its loweredge with said strips or strip of material in such manner as to leavesaid abutment free to be moved to different positions in the 15 box,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the box 13, of the strips a a, secured to theends of the1atter,and the movable abutment (I, having the braces e c atthe ends thereof, and the end pieeeso 0, ex- 20 tending from said bracesunder said strips, substantially as set forth.

FRANK XV. FIELD.

Witnesses:

H. A. CiLirIN, \Vat. H. CHAPIN.

